In addition to trying to obtain 6-8 (uninterrupted) hours of sleep each night, to acquire REM and Delta (or Stage 4) sleep, an afternoon snooze, even if it’s for only 10 or 15 minutes, is extremely beneficial for stimulating the brain’s pituitary-GH mechanism.

Short naps, also known as the power nap or catnaps, activate the pineal and pituitary glands to jump into action as the body is given a much needed time-out from the pressures of the day. The siesta’s traditionally practiced by many countries that include Spain, Portugal, the Philippines and Mexico, have been shown by modern-day scientific studies to revitalize the homeostatic circadian rhythm’s of the body that prevents fatigue while removing excess stress on the heart and its cardiovascular system.

In addition, short bouts of sleep can also boost immunity, regulate blood pressure, combat anxiety, stress and depression, generate higher levels of reproductive and recuperative hormones, and enhance brain cognition.

So if you have 10 or so minutes during the day go ahead and shut your eyes to easily recharge your batteries.

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Other GH boosters:

Some other ways to trick the pituitary into releasing growth hormone is through anabolic-stimulating exercise; like heavy weight training and sprinting, and (not joking) holding your breathe* to activate an innate survival mechanism.

* Don’t think of trying this, even at home. But if your doctor approves, give it a try to see how long you can last before gasping for a breath of good ole O2. And not to discourage you beforehand, the world record for holding ones’ breath was set by Stig Severinsen in 2012 with a mind-blowing performance of 22 minutes. Even the great Houdini didn’t come close timing out at 3 minutes and 30 seconds; enough time however to regurgitate and pick his locks.

We swallow a mouthful of food then, eventually, the entire meal is consumed. What follows is an incredibly complex chain of processes the brain and body must conduct to digest, assimilate and eliminate food.

To explain briefly, dozens of enzymes work tirelessly to break up the large chunks of swallowed food into microscopic bits, as large chunks simply cannot permeate the porous intestinal lining. Once they are broken down, or pulverized, these microscopic food particles can now pass through the intestinal lining and enter the bloodstream while, on the flip-side, an entirely different group of enzymes, with equal determination and faculty, re-assemble the microscopic food particles to construct brand new living tissue and repair old withered ones; i.e., muscle, bone, and organ included.

A man sees a woman he’s attracted to. Conversely, a woman sees a man she’s smitten with. Deep inside their brains their hypothalamus glands releases gonadotrophin-releasing hormone (GNRH). This (procreative/sexual) hormone is immediately sent to their pituitary glands to release the gonadotrophins. The pituitary responds by sending the gonadotrophins to the gonads; testicles for the man and ovaries for the woman. This is the scientific way of explaining the ‘big head, little head’ connection which makes the sexual response mechanism possible; it’s another one of our procreative genes.

As a result of this hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal * responce, a man’s genital region experiences an influx of blood with a corresponding dilation of penile tissue to create an erection. Conversely, the female genital region also receives a surge in blood supply which triggers heightened sensitivity and enlargement of her clitoris, with corresponding secretions of vaginal fluids and dilation of the vaginal chamber in preparation for intercourse.

Needless to say, this is the beginning of new life; our procreative mechanism in its infancy. The brain really is the largest sex organ in the body.

You’ve finally had a chance to unwind from the day and are plumped on your sofa watching your favorite television program. As time passes the temperature in the room becomes hotter and hotter, and you begin to feel uncomfortable. As an innate (natural) defense mechanism, your body strives to maintain a comfortable body temperature; also related to homeostasis. Once your brain determines that you’re uncomfortable it commands various systems in your body to find, then push water to the surface of the skin to cool yourself off, creating perspiration. The water (sweat) is taken from within muscle tissues, organs, the bloodstream and even your brain.

According to many studies, muscles, on average, are comprised approximately 70% water, the brain is 80% and blood comes in at 90%; reason why many regard blood as liquid tissue.

This is yet another one of our survival mechanisms Mother Nature has equipped us with to cool us off in hot temperatures. And, in reverse, we’re also equipped to turn up the heat when things become too cold . . .

… You’re still trying to enjoy your favorite show, but now the temperature drops to freezing. Without telling your body to quiver it automatically triggers a homeostatic reaction that provokes your body to shiver and shake while your teeth begin to chatter. All of the shivering and shaking and chattering are the body’s way it can create friction that releases internal heat, much like starting a fire by rubbing two sticks together.

The brain also controls body temperature and hydration levels. So the healthier your brain is the more comfortable and productive your life becomes. And it’s a prudent idea to drink plenty of water and make sure your dwelling has a functional thermostat that compliments the one inside your body!

You’re relaxing in your backyard on a warm, sunny summer day. Without warning some punk detonates a firecracker. You explosively levitate off your lounger and think, “Where’s the punk who blew off that darn bomb?”

From the moment you heard the sound of that explosion, instantaneously, your brain sent out a threat alert to various organs in your body. In particular, the adrenal glands are commanded to secrete a powerful hormone called adrenaline, our fight or flight hormone.

Adrenaline is an essential component of man’s genetic code bestowed upon us by Mother Nature. And although it’s quite an antiquated hormone (another caveman gene) it does offers plenty of modern-day uses like enabling us to fight off an impending pick-pocketer or to flee (flight) the neighbors’ angry pit bull.

In the wake of this brain-adrenal reaction adrenaline serves as an only-when-absolutely-necessary super-powered fuel source that alarms the auditory, visual, muscular, circulatory, respiratory and nervous systems (to name a few) to escape and/or endure life-threatening events. As a result of adrenaline, our hearts beat much more rapidly to increase the circulation of energy-rich blood throughout the body. Our breathing (respiration) accelerates to provide our muscles with more oxygen. Our hearing and eyesight acutely hone in on, “Where’s that punk?”

We need adrenaline, and the brain is the only sensory organ that has the authority to command the adrenals to manufacture and secrete this audacious hormone. And since rises in adrenaline often result in concurrent rises in testosterone, playing sports, participating in extreme activities, or just working out, all qualify, to some degree, as adrenaline instigators.

I’m sure you’ve heard many people say, “I get fat just thinking about food”. As bizarre as that statement sounds there really is a lot of (scientific) truth supporting it. Here’s a simple explanation.

Sugar ingestion of any kind, natural or man-made, releases insulin into the bloodstream. Produced by the pancreas gland, amongst other roles, insulin is a hormone that serves as a shuttling agent responsible for chaperoning glucose (sugar) through the bloodstream and into the cells of the body to provide the cells with energy. The more sugar a person eats the more insulin their body needs to produce placing greater demands onto their pancreas glands. Those who are addicted to sugar, and consume it consistently, condition their pancreas to release insulin more frequently and at greater volumes than normal; this is a classic maladaptive behavior habit.

What’s so ironic, the brain-pancreas system becomes so conditioned to releasing insulin for chronic sugar-holics that these people don’t even need to actually (physically) consume sugar to trigger this effect. Whenever their brain senses sugar a ‘conditioned response’ (neuro-programming) is trained to believe sugar ingestion is surely going to occur. The sensation or anticipation from the thought, smell, sound and even sight of sugar alone is sufficient instigation to trigger insulin production. So if you’re trying to lose excess weight make sure you close your eyes and plug your ears during television commercials advertising all those yummy-for-your-tummy deserts and insatiable dishes at famous pancake restaurants. This might sound pseudo scientific, but it’s as factual as a person who ‘thinks’ (fantasizes) about a sexual experience and concurrently releases a variety of procreative hormones.

Needless to say, excessive sugar consumption and insulin secretion becomes a dangerous habit that destroys cellular integrity and overall body constitution. It’s a process that inhibits useful blood glucose to enter the cells where it’s used as energy. So instead of yielding energy this process actually stores it away; and in places people just struggle to deal with like their love-handles, saddlebags, chins, etc.

Maladaptive behavior directly related to sugar consumption often leads to diabetes and obesity, epidemics that are completely out of control for adults and now youngsters in our high-sugar era of consumption. Additionally, sugar addiction degrades the integrity and vitality of the pituitary gland that, in turn, struggles to produce and release sufficient supplies of growth hormone that are necessary to keep the body charged with a healthy metabolism and to maintain homeostasis.

• The brain reacts by signaling the pancreas to release insulin in preparation to manage energy.

• Insulin enters the bloodstream that then binds to sugar molecules chaperoning them into muscle cells.

• Muscle cell receptors will grant entry to sugar only when that muscle is depleted, or has room for this energy source.

• However, when muscle cells are already saturated with sugar; called glycogen at that point, the sugar is rejected by the muscle receptors returning it into normal circulation. When sugar is denied tissue access it has a higher (and easier) tendency to convert to fat and become stored within the body. (The genetic construction of the body desires to keep and preserve energy, it’s a caveman gene we haven’t yet outgrown.)

A dramatic example of purging the destructive negative energy that inhabits many a person’s brain and body is gratifyingly depicted in the blockbuster film inspired by a Stephen King novel called The Green Mile, appearing Tom Hanks. John Coffey, played by Michael Clarke Duncan, is an enormous yet humble muscular black man who was wrongly convicted of raping and killing two young white girls. Coffey, who was discriminately sentenced to death, realizes the judicial and penal systems have closed the book on him leaving the actual offender of these crimes at large.

In addition to being a simple and kind man, Coffey possessed extraordinary healing powers. Under eyewitness accounts by the prison guards, Coffey resurrects a dead mouse lying on the jailhouse floor and healed the terminally ill wife of the prison Warden by swallowing the negative energy stored in her body. When asked how he was able to perform such miracles, Coffey replied in his strong Southern draw, “I took it back”.

Countless gifted people throughout history, who have been declared healers, are known to command sin to egress from another person’s body resulting in instantaneous exorcisms, or healings. According to many faiths, the use of the word ‘sin’ is merely referring to a person’s negative thoughts and beliefs, or Prompters, according to U.S. Anderson, the author of Three Magic Words. Other healers actually use their own bodies as intermediaries, exorcising the negative energy out from the ‘sinners’ body and absorbing it into themselves, or, as Coffey put it, taking it back.

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One day, as another death row inmate frighteningly staggered down the green mile; the long green-tiled corridor that leads to the execution chamber, the convict makes several desperate attempts to stall his execution as the guards are escorting him toward his expiration. The prisoner has a heavy burden on his mind and in his heart but knows it’s too late to disclose. In this moment of despair the prisoner is overwhelmed with guilt, especially as he nears Coffey’s cell. Then, unexpectedly, the inmate reaches out to touch Coffey. Instantly, Coffey psychically senses an explosive surge of negative energy penetrate into his body, immediately realizing he’s face-to-face with the rapist and killer of those two young girls who was, coincidentally, convicted of another crime. Coffey, who’s witnessed plenty of evil acts and injustice in his life, sinks deeper into his melancholy state of consciousness realizing he cannot escape evil, but rather, his life has been constantly surrounded by it.

Heal Thyself:

During his long agonizing prison stay waiting his own final day, Coffey witnesses multiple evil and sadistic acts on other prisoners by a guard named Percy Wetmore. One incident was during an actual execution in which Wetmore was in charge of preparing the prisoner for the electric chair. To quickly deliver a humanely applied life-ending electrical surge into the prisoner, a black hood is placed over the prisoners’ head and face to block the potential expulsion of their eyeballs, blood, saliva and vomit, while an electrocution head cap is fixed on top of their head. Before the electricity is activated, the bottom of this cap that contacts the skull must be saturated with water by the guard, as water serves as the conductor of electric current. However, Wetmore, deviously and sadistically intentionally places a dry cap onto the prisoners’ head so he could purposely observe a much slower, inhumane and sadistic execution. This evil act did not go unnoticed by Coffey, which sickened his emotions by the cruelty one man can inflict on another.

Not too long after the intentionally botched execution, and during a routine cell check, Coffey had the opportunity to grab ahold of Wetmore. As Coffey pinned the evil guard down on the cold prison floor he regurgitated the negative energy he swallowed from the Wardens’ terminally ill wife and transferred it down Wetmore’s throat. Instantly, Wetmore collapsed into a permanent state of catatonia, subsequently needing to be admitted into a mental institution for the remainder of his life. When interrogated why he would do such a thing, Coffey replied, “I punish them bad men.”

The other prison guards were certain Coffey was innocent of the crimes he was convicted of. Knowing they would risk their jobs and reputation, the guards still desired to help Coffey escape. When they found their chance to let him run free outside of the prison walls they told Coffey, “Go ahead. Run for your life John Coffey”. But Coffey stayed still and replied; “There’s too much pain in the world. I’m rightly tired of the pain.”

On the day of his execution, Coffey asked the guards if they wouldn’t cover his head with the black hood. The guards curiously asked this muscular giant of a man, “Why?” Coffey replied, “I’m scared of the dark.” Coffey was properly executed by electrocution.

The moral of this story is whatever you decide for yourself. Maybe there’s more than one moral, maybe the moral today will not be the same moral you’ll have tomorrow. The mind evolves.

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